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STBAW GONVEYBR BELT. No 265,430.. Patented 001:. 3, 1882..

WITNESSES l I INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

IINITE STATES ALTON J. PARK, JR, OF VIRGINIA, MISSOURI.

STRAW-CONVEYER BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,430, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed August 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALTON J. PARK, Jr., of Virginia, in the county ofBates and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Straw-Oonveyer Belts, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to provide new and useful improvements instraw-conveyer belts, whereby splitting of the ends of the cross-slatswill be prevented, and straw will be prevented from passing between theforward corners of the slats and the belt.

The invention consists in the combination, with a conveyor-belt and thecross-slats secured on the same, ofstrips of leather or analogousmaterial secured on the belt in advance of the slats at the ends andoverlapping the slats for the purpose of preventing straw from passingbetween the slats and the belt.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the above-namedbelt, slats, and strips, of rivets passed through the strips andhorizontally through the slats to assist in holding the strips on theslats and to prevent the slats from splitting vertically.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which the same letters of reference indicate thesame or corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a straw-conveyer belt provided with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the sameon the line as .12, Fig. 1.

The cross-slats B are secured on the conveyer-belt A by means of rivets0 passed vertically through the slats and through the belt in the usualmanner. The belt moves in the direction of the arrow a, and straw isliable to pass and catch between the corners a of the slats and thebelt, and this straw is jammed in between the slats and the belt andseparates them. To prevent this a strip, F, of leather or analogousmaterial, is sewed orother-, wise secured to the belt A in front of thecorner a, and is passed half-way over the slat B, and then tacked to thesame. The strip F is also secured bymeans of one or more rivets, Gr,passed through the strip F and horizontally through the slats, whichrivets prevent the vertical splitting of the slats. The strip Feffectually prevents straw from passing between the slat B and the belt.The strip F need only to cover one-half of the width of the slat, asstraw is not liable to pass under the rear corners, and if it does itextrica'tes itself.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claimas new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a straw-conveyer beltand the cross-slats on the same, of strips of leather or analogousmaterial secured on the belt in advance of the slats at the ends of thesame, and overlapping the slats, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the belt A and the cross-slats B, secured onthe same, of the strips of leather or analogous material secured to thebelt and overlapping the same at the ends, and of the rivets G, passedthrough the strips F and horizontally through the slats, substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

ALTON J. PARK, JR.

Witnesses:

J. S. PIERCE, W. B. ARBOGAST.

